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Just as In the Margins started the Triton-based Tripecac phase with a series of technological tests, Out the Margins ends it.
I had decided long before 2010 to attempt a studio overhaul in that year, as I had done in 1990 and 2000. However, the demands of parenthood, relocation, and a limited budget forced me to postpone any changes until very late in the year, after I had completed Lost Train.
It wasn't until January 2011 that I finally started completing songs with the new setup, which relies upon soft synths rather than the Triton for sounds. To give myself a learning period before jumping into the next "real" album, I decided to finish all the test songs that I'd accumulated since the early 2000s and assemble them into an album.
This album chronicles my gradual transition from the Triton to soft synths, starting with the easy-but-cheesy TTS-1 (included with Sonar) and working the way through increasingly sophisticated virtual instruments (e.g., Dimension Pro) until finally tackling the expensive but powerful Kontakt.
In order to fit all 30 unfinished songs onto this album, I had to keep most of them pretty short. This allowed me to finish them quickly. I completed the last two songs first, and then went [roughly] chronologically through the rest. As the weeks rolled by, I spent less and less time on each song, until finally I found myself finishing two a day.
On paper, that sounds impressive. On headphones, well, that's another matter.